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drachma
[ drak-muh, drahk- ]
noun
- a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 lepta. : dr., drch.
- the principal silver coin of ancient Greece.
- a small unit of weight in ancient Greece, approximately equivalent to the U.S. and British apothecaries' dram.
- any of various modern weights, especially a dram.
drachma
/ ˈdrækmə /
noun
- the former standard monetary unit of Greece, divided into 100 lepta; replaced by the euro in 2002
- another name for dram
- a silver coin of ancient Greece
- a unit of weight in ancient Greece
Other Words From
- drachmal adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of drachma1
Word History and Origins
Origin of drachma1
Example Sentences
On the coach’s nightstand sat a bowl of water, a stack of golden drachmas, a flashlight, and a glass prism for making rainbows.
Zeno was a merchant who lost all of his goods in a shipwreck and arrived in Athens with a few drachmas in his pockets.
But Mark Antony’s stirring rhetoric, and his promise of a Caesar dividend, “75 drachmas”, immediately turn their allegiance.
Women - who often spoke no Greek - would cover their mouths with their headscarves to muffle their speech, but Mr Fokas's mother was arrested and fined 250 drachmas, a big sum back then.
Still, Greece craved Europe’s political and financial stability, having struggled with its erratic drachma currency and with political instability.
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